I am genuinely disappointed to be unable to attend this month’s meeting. I can’t skype as I’ll be in the OR at Redwood Memorial (nothing too serious). Educationally, of the myriad meetings we attend I feel like ours is the most important. Below are a few quotes and brief notes (I could…[Read more]

Thank you John for your thoughtful comments. We’ll miss you, but even your notes will add to the dialogue. Your quote from page 162 really resonated with me. In my experience as a rural student and parent this is exactly what I saw–the driven students leave the area to “succeed.” While I think it’s important for them to have experiences in a…[Read more]

California Career Resource Network
Looking for lessons and resources about development? I attended a session at the Small School Districts Association’s conference today about the California Career Resource Network. Great stuff.

I have started reading RE21 and immediately was highlighting things. A couple of things stand out thus far – 100 years ago reformers began talking about and coining what came to be known as the “rural school problem”. Too backwoods, they said – too slow to keep up and in fact “… except in a few places, has practically stood…[Read more]